Cops: Hit-and-run suspect is armed and dangerous

ITHACA — Authorities say a parolee who crashed head-on into an upstate New York police chief’s car remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous.

Police in Ithaca tell local media that 23-year-old Christopher Rundt is suspected of stealing a sport utility vehicle in Manchester in Ontario County, New York earlier this week. Officials say the SUV contained a .357 Magnum revolver and police identification.

He’s also suspected of stealing a vehicle Trumansburg, near Ithaca. That vehicle was later recovered in Manchester.

Officials say Rundt was driving a car that slammed into an unmarked police vehicle being driven by Ithaca Police Chief John Barber last Thursday. Barber says Rundt apologized for hitting him, then fled on foot with the woman who was riding with him.